HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1892-10-6, Page 6THE NEAT 41111TE
-Tow, lest maybe
taste tor water-er
strength of Dr.
melte a journey to
epee, it is only rig
though the salad i
Seta Glove, it is
abundant there tha
• brook and a pond,
the firat 'Owe that
mind as being &die
difficult to leave,
place of banisluneu
uninteresting pati
could have time to
the doctor's old fri
If only old Vanu
been the means o
chance of becomin
young widow, he
have made things
for they have quic
and knives used to
tongues, Be was
the shiftlessuess w
self as genius, was
second chance of
-without a portion
him unless by mint
• always GuideFlori
post -chaise bad co
San Grieve, the dil
Guido back to Na
if he had eseeped t
he had injured, los
whom he had ben
But Irene -was
Had she no tliougli
about her own life
than a mere shuttl
of men who happe
her as the chance
threats of their ow
was something to
instrument for spit
his natural kindre
faithless woman,
love for gold.; to t
doctor she was no
she had nothing t
heerta,che, howeve
hereafter become.
self, besides?
1111 had been
nothing wonderfal
was not supposed
own until she tear
aia not always ha
But what people
right. even if it evl
points, needed no
her feelings were,
abhorrence for Mr
led by her love fo
done her utmost
chaser detest her 1
hardness, and ony
rudeness, could eh
rick would have b
months ago. But
of a peacock with
Not even a downri
as to her father -
him, he would onl
he
tattoo, an
chanced to be sobe
If only Guido w
Outdo had, retur
tunate of all poss
bat of course 110
one. She never i
her father would.
Guido Floriani, of
in a " trattoria."
nob been settled,
ed never should b
came, but not Gu
She could not eve
she knew of, a flo
know where he
moments failed to
way, they were k
if the man she lov
did the man she b
wants and sorro
their compensatio
would be singing
and all day long.
Then her fathe
tion was the bot
conditioned, visit
lish gold mine
drank or sober,
her, whenever h
whenever he had
wilfully ruined,
her he asked s
aged goods,witho
of gilding, whom
had thrown over
a penniless ne'ers
ani? And so on,
girl was really in
some slight inter
For the doctor
efter ; he had
somehow came o
young praetitio
been summoned
man ;then the st
been sent all the
nay, it got about
consultation, he
cured of a mort
sional successes
by much slighte
forth Dr. Cato
his own country
sindaco for gout,
for her migraine,
and to the banks
despite his bad.
Even his own re
him back again
scientific discloy
himself, and h
But he was 01
by simply sub
and every fee
him nearer to his
So years went
more than local f
short while, he
gether too mare
though his pecu
upon biro, they c
He did not hem
unsympathetic, a
it seemed as if t
in prophesying e
ttrated his own
inter and of the
" Is Dr. Cato
So, early one
&vent WaS nem
,ppearance watt
warrant a visit
account. He NV
life, overflowing
vigor.
"The doctor
ates," said the
have any appoi
name?
'Never mind
minutes is all I
So, with e hea
men into the do
reeted to a cha
wasted words.
must ask y
;Ewe, s
these dere,"
cattettet
ii....tor,Q Tn A e Env
MOO I U1'1111411 i tell.
'
. "Men, (looter, in the firetplece, I most
you that I hone nothing the matter
with ine-nething at all. e '
e.
, ' Ana I must say you look it. And tio
-if the question is not impertinent -why
the world are You here ?,,"
"Everybody must be somewhere -eh ? .
The fact is, I'm only here. to make an in-
or two. Do youhappen to remember
a certain Signor Merrick who WAS at Bari
•
time ago ?"
" Merrick ? Merrick? No. I do not
know the name." ,
"Indeed I He was an Englisluman--"
" Ah, I begin to „recall hien-let me .see e
a case of galloping. consumption, sot three
weeks of life m lorn-a very uninteresting
case indeed. 1 presnme you have to dowith
his affairs -you event evidenceof his death?
a lie cause? It will not need a minute to
give you that, signor."
"Yon can make oath ati to the cause of
his death, Dr, Calo ?"
"Assuredly. As strong an oath as you
may require."
" Ah -but -care you depose that be is not
alive s o
" Bah 1 I remember the case now per,
featly. I never saw his corpse—o,
"Then you cannot depose that there was
a corpse to see?"
" I am a man of science. I do not he- ,
lieve in miracles,_ sigpor. That ' man was
doomed by all medical evidence, to the with-
in a month at latest. And therefore it
stands to reason that he is now not only
dead, but buried."
"You remember poor Aferrick, doctor;
but you don't seem to remember me," said
the stranger.
" Youhave been a. patient of mine ? Par-
don me, signor; but I see so many in the
year --o
"Do you see any likeness in me to any-
body -to poor Merrick, for example? "
"In you -to him? Pardon me but this
is beginning to be waste of ante. He was a
poor cadaverous wretch up to his ohm in his
grave ; you are fat, florid -I should say a
life in a, hundred."
"Would you mind examining me, all the
c. insure my
same! I might be wanting t itl•without
life--"
"Then, eapperi 1 why didn't you say so
before? Of course I'll examine you, though
it will be no more than a form.,
Without further delay he went to work
with his stethoscope, and that yet more
perfect inatrument, his own ear,
"Juat as I expected," said he. "And yet
not quite; you may have had lung trouble
m I -
any years ago, but you are to al intents
and purposes so sound a an that,if all
rn..
were 'like you, we doctors shonid starve."
"And. you'll certify that Merrick is dead,
and that I'm alive and well."dressed,
"With pleasure, signor." .
"Then -according to science -the same
man can be deed and alive at once. And
, ,,
yet you don't believe "fo"'"
in anraeles• d m
Alerrick, He's I, and I'm be." '
"Pardon me, I have no time for joking,
signor. I have other patients waiting,an d
poet, by the effect of his own op hietry
Aod before he had reeovered from the glow', -,
Dr. Oslo, a free man, grasped his advocate
by the hand, and esoaped from the anplause
that followed upon surelythe strangest ac,
quittal ever won. ' ' '
. What became of hit I More Itnow
than how or wby Alb'ettlit Merricknorequired
a. bullet ..t kill -1 't , ' *But as every year
the child 'c;' x".•
ren of Irene Flotiani receive a
parcel of presents from an anonymous
donor, despanehed from whatever -Ahem
.
In the world happens. to be at the time the
most ootoriously unhealthy, there is rein
son to think that he will and as a mart
bo inediaine in a nobler way than by thYeris
guillotine.
• [ono nem.)
— .
NIX Atil) MRS. '
______,
"If you aro goirtg to be hem° this • even-
ing I'd like, to run in and see Mrs. Svtift for
a few minutes, " said Mrs. Bowser to, her
liege lord, who sat reading his paper. .
"You can go as 'well as nob," he replied.
"It the baby Wakes up do you think you
t k f 1 • t" - ' - -
Can a e care o inn .
. .. ..
Certainly. Run right along, and stay
is long as. you vvill. " .
" If he should wake up, which he probeb.
IY vmalt, 3'°°-"
"I'll have himasleep again in two winks.
Don't you worry about us. • rt would'in a
mighty curious father who couldn't take
care of his own baby for a quarter of an
hour "
" You won't let- imhatient with him? "
she asked as she was ready to go.
"(o on! I'm the 'nose patient man on
the face of this earth, and you know ib!
One would think from the way you talk
that I was in the habit of pounding bier
against the walls."
Young Bowser was asleep in the baby
carriage rn the back parlor. Mrs. Bowser
had been gore just three minutes when he
became restlese, and Mr. Bowser , pushed,
the carriage around and began singing. " I
want to be an tepoel." He had just began
0
on the third line when the kid opened his
eyes and sat up.
"How speedily a child recognizes the pren
once of its father, even if fast asleep !"
said Mr. Bowser as he tenderly gazed at his
offspring. "Mrs. Bowser imagines she's
the only person on earth who knowe bow to
handle this young un, but I'll show her that
- •-"
The kid suddenly put up a lip and uttered
a dismal stall.
"Just so -I see -want to come to your
father's arms All right my boy • come
• • ,•
.
along."
He extended his arms with a smile, but
the wail broke into .a howl and the child
began kicking.
" Dou'D want to get up, eh? All right,
blossom. Cuddle down and think of angels
il 1 d d • 'TileOld
) 4 push you around an sing
Kentncky Home.' What in earth is all this
row about '» .
The kid's kicks became more vigorous and
.
his yells moreenthusiastic, while his face
turned a strawberry color and his eyes
bulged out.
"Probably takes me for it stranger, and
rd better lift him up and convince him to
the contrary," muttered Mr. Bowser as he
proceeded to carry out the idea.
The child kicked, and struggled, and yell-
ed, and thouoh M B t 11 ' „
. e r. Bowser wen ga opme,
around the roam and yelled " Hi ! Hi !" he
failed to produce a diversion. He stood'
before the mirror and bounced the child. up
an down, but b Was no go. e sal own
d b i II l d
to rock but the ells beca ne shrieks.
, y i
"Swallowed a thimble, en.Oinhesa-r-
el, or ire
tack hanemer, mole' 'oh end wants turning
' t- ""° - '
4.1rtlue down. I've told ltirs. Bowser more
If
than a million--
The kid was turned head downward, but
no th•imble, or spool, or tack hammer was
dislodged from his gullet. If he bad slyly
swallowed a section of garden hose or a coal
it was too late to recover them.
scuttlenificent
When this fact became apparent Mr. Bowser
changed eeds with him and began to cantor
around He jumped over a chair, jumped
• • •
upon the lounge and off agate), kicked a
footstool half way to the ceiling, and, rush-
ed back and forth through the Japanese
curtains in a way whielt took three or four
strands with him every time. The boy let
up for a minute, but only to get a bettor
hold." When he turned on steam again he
.
lifted the neighbors off their chairs and
every hair on Mr. Bowser's head stood ou
end.
" Connell him, but what on earth is the
matter 1" &mated the father as he toned
him in every direction. bet a dollar
to a cent that he's got a darning needle
sticking into his leg about fif leen rods 1
I've warned Mr. Bowser time and again that
she would be the death--. Shut up 1
What you need, young man, is a good dress -
tug down, and Pll give it to you in about
ten seconds ! I won't wait ten secionds ! 1
won't wait two 1 ril give it to you right oft
liow 1"
But he didn't. There was a clattering of
feet, a rush through the hall, andas some
one snatched the child from his arms four or
five neighbors excitedly demaildeO informs,
tion. When they had departed, satisfied
that no one bad been killed, Mrs. Bowser
:
"How did he come to wake up.? What's
the reason you couldn't pacify him ?"
" Whom do you refer to?' he icily. re-
plied.
1, Why, to our child, ohcourse."
, "1 don't know anything about 'our
child,' Mrs. Bowser. I have no child and I
thank heaven that I havei•et 1 If you've
been to an orphan asylum and adopted a
-howling, shrieking, . boo-hooing, bellowing
,bald-headed. foundling then it's your busi-
nese to take dare of him 1 I want nothing
.whatever to do with him -don't even want
to see birn ! Good night, Mrs. .Bowser. 1" •
AN OLD' WREOK.
nig HERO OF TH.q BOIT
Emile menace antit—the St • Qervi
. t
The hero ef the hour, the he man wl
subject of conversation all through
and Switzerland just now, and till
of long articles .by briltiant• journ
tbiof ttili countries,zoemitafuldshA. fayEiriatierDoneinazttleeer
perpetuation 0 is memory are a
b scores ,• his mate is on every
jut, if he was not ' gifted with, w,
' • ' d -
s tlf.possessron an the truly brave a
spirit lie has so powerfully mai
..•
there would almost seem to .be di
his tee„ . • -
g Bpoiled lAt tbe tremencle
44 - -;.`" AB' E° • • • •
Etotti, M. &Emotion that la
• • ---- -. . being '
him
"'Brit why is all this? His nam
huott..0 to us as etateh soholah, stat
w- armor " the great majority w
True,ass, these titles are all too g:
u d
a erstood, he is neither. ; for he V
a barber' ab a great samtarium • 1
• . • '
think clearly and quickly, to act, d.
at a terribLy critical moment t,
ffearlessly with the mighty force's o
r the selvatioa of many, beto
° ' • s '
scholar, the statesman and the
why then h is al three, t •
e 1 ee, his brave
- '
coiffeur of St. - Gervaise • for it wai
• • '
fated healthsort that h
re e was kei
employed, both by reason of his a
e. • ' ' s
ehe pleasant courtesy of his manne
o as ten° no er an i
Born -f F h .1 th cl
and
en b •aye was father, the mon
fi t ominous sounds of the frightfu
„,ra
v t S G • It
-vas a t' ervaise were ward
Denzler, fired with the desire to E
screaming paralyzed throne about I
• ' t - o
got himsef and • a flew to the:rescue.
o
ut a moment, the buildings about 1
terech gemmed and fell ; there was
way of escape, and that way was
other side of the foaming torrent tl
erect more and more of force every 1
'1' '
win e rocks,trees and dwellings
.
dd d tthe I 11 al
a. e o e e mos a a mut.
)Out.
Quick as thought the young barb(
from the house with almost su i
. • , P
strength, trunks, boxes, furniture
thing that could be utilized in the
° P f a tem budge, and with w
temporary mind kept the terrified I
presence of mi.
men and children bank until two di
from the hotel by the two cooks w
d and the t
e a e was brid eld
e orren_ . g ,
eople still under Ii
is , Is magnetic
crossed safely to the other side.
own goods were freely added to
saving bridge, so he himself was th
.
cross, and the bravest and loudest i
in,' the fleeing people on ov n
e on, .0 ..4
bl". .....‘",.41 .."....' • "
f. (180 ftlIff.f 4....,...,,,,,, .
was altogether his thou
Itown
P lau of salvation, and he had be
until its ob'ect was fall aeon
god 3 y
It was not, indeed, untilnightfall t
physical and mental strength dose
. .
by reason of the terrible strata they
dergone and the dauntless young
many human lives retired to rest,
ing not to be left alone,
It was a gallane death and one
titled its doer to almost any rower
by heroism. And yet it has
thought a fitting _occesion for the I
of the Legion d'Honneur.
,
That is why the police of both c
-as I have said -are so loud in
prensions regarding the not of th
functionaries. "If a man who, on 1
ment risk of his own life and teitt
of his oWai property -in a momen
most imminent terror that could
humanity -saved scores of human
not a fitting subject for the bestoe
of the Legion ddlonneur, .wl
they say.
young man who is now with]
er-a barber of Laroche, near 13,
.
--whence he will soon start for Ili'
stay in London, is interviewed da
gard to his own sentiments an the
the °Ilkials, and the results of th,
views fill whole .aolumns in the gr
nals of this section of the country.
A Cartons Find in —idlest Rai, las---roi
stole Bence or a Spanish vessel. Two
, .liundred Tears oid.
While dredging for oysters on what is
known as "The Rock Pile." at Biloxi bay,
on the coast of Miesissippi Sound, Eugene
Tibbier recent y grapp e amn a
This' 1 1 cl; 1 brought. P
small iron cannon of antique -design, and,
evidently part of the armament of a naval
vessel. Further search revealed a yew
about fifty,five feet long and twenty, feet
wide. Inlies in tweive feet of water. The
f oa p o a,
woodwork thus far brought u ' ' k nd
mahogany, and is faiily well preserved,
having been einbedded in the mud at the
bottom. A large number of stones foreign
to that locality haVe been found and
'
evidently formed the ballast of the vessel.
The wood. work was put together with
wooden hinges and where a bolt was
•
used it was. of copper. No iron seems to
have been used except for braces. 'Shelves
and blocks were brought up which show the
vessel to have been of considerable size.
Four iron cannon have been found; onef
°
these is six feet long and is in fair condition,
Cannon balls of different sizes and parts of
gun cartiages have also been brought up To
the latter were still attached ' f. tl
pieces o ie
ropes by which they were worked. A quail-
tity of gunpowder was found, stillretaining
its appearance and. smell. A musket appar-
eutly capable of cerrying an ounce ball,
with very old, fashioned look, the nipple and
vent perfect, and many other cnriosities• are
being taken out daily. Nothing can be '
learned of the history of this wreck, and
the oldest inhabitant never knew of the
spot except as the ".Rock Pile' " which Was
is good oyster reef. It is presumeble, how-
ever, that this waS one of the vessels of the
Spauislifleet and -that it was lost cooly in
. •
1700.
_
IV,
dy with an abnormal in
asses should, on the
!slots recemmendation,
aa 'Glove for its indult(miry
iteto say at once that,
question does grow. at some
either finer nor more
3 in most yillages with a
In sholt, it was simply
came into the dootor's
alt to get at, mita. more
rid odtogether a capital
: for a disagreeable and
int to die in before he
marry the sweetheart of
;nd and comrade.
�i lied known who bad
! depriving him of the
; the father of a rich
woald unquestionably
warm for the doctor;
tempers in those parts,
be quite as ready as
.ery poor, and, thanks to
deli excuses itself to it-
growiug poorer; and a
martying his daughter
vaenot likely to corne to
de. It is true there was
ant. But even before the
-
tveyed Mr. Merrick to
•gence had started with
les; so that the doctor,
ho onmitY of those whom
t the gratitude of those
fited.
she of no consequence?
its or views of her OWn
? was she 'nothing better
e -cook among a number
red to be grouped around
:entre of conflicting in-
n? To her father, she
;ell ; toldr. Merrick, an
Ong his dead, father and
1; to her lover she was a
'ho had thrown away true
he doctor -well, to the
hing as yet, seeing that
e matter with her but a
e interesting she might
Was she nothing to her-
re, it would have been
. A girl in those parts
x• acquire a soul of her
:led and even then she
,
1 it of much use to her.
suppose is not always
.
sr is; and Irene, on two
confessor to tell her what
or ought to be -that her
• Merrick was oulyequal-
r Guido. And she had
;a make her Englielt pun.
a return. If coldness. and
thing short of inipossible
oke off /I wooer, Mr. Mar-
ten absolutely strangled
he combined the vauity
the akin of a rhinoceros.
glib no would serve; and
telt, if she had said
hay- -
se ice, her ears if
. given her a shaking if he
r.
ould return! Well, end
most upfer-
led -at the m
bis moments, no doubt ;
would come at a better
&gilled for a moment that
take into his confidence
all people, or go bragging
i,bout what, after all, had
Ind what she had resolv•
e. So the better moment
do. What could it mean?
a send him the only letter
wer, because she did not
WaS lodging. Bob if the
be kind to her in one
tid to her in another ; for
ed did not come,. neither
tted. But then i t is one's
vs that one realizes, not
ns -otherwise everybody
a hymn of joy every day -,Then,
s, whose only compensso
be, grew worse and worse
ing the loss of the Eng-
ipen Irene herself, and,
doing nothing bat scold
: was at home (which was
no money), for having
him. Who would take
ina.gely-a piece of darn-
at even a half -pennyworth
doubtless the Englishman
or having coquetted 'with
lo -well like Guido Flori-
Ind so on, until the poor
O fair way. to become of
.
st to Dr. Seven° Cato.
had not returned to Paris,
note eVell left Bari. It
it that no sooner had the
.er arrived than he hod
o attend the rich English-
ory grew into his haying
way from Paris or Rome;
au last that, after a single
tad sent away Ms patient
LI disease. Great profes-
have often been created.
r accidents, and thence-
iecame a prophet even in
He was called in to the
and to the sinclaco's wife
and to the commandant •
-nay, even to the bishop,
&erecter for heterodoxy.
Lotions were glad to have
It was not the life of
•ry he had planned for
despised his patients.
•aking quite a fortune
nitting to circumstances;
leeared was bringing
h'eart's desire. ' . -
m till Dr. Cabo achievedta
onettandle in an incredibly
etele,fear to findBari alto-
,NIT a sphere. Meanwhile,
liarities of manner grew
eased to toll against him.
me a whib less hard, and
ad tactless,, and cold ; but
tat old French professor,
41 things, had only.denion-
rent of knowledge of char-
rdidd.... - • . ..
1? is he disengaged ?"
tornhig, the doctor's man-
steel by a stranger whose
certainly . not such as to
.o a. physician on Ms owe
is n man in. the prime of
with radiant health and
. .
can give you a few min-
an. "1 do not think you
itment, signor? and what
my name, and a very few
vant-two will do. .
vy tread, he followed the
nor's study, and Was di-
ir-the doctor no longer
'
ou to come to the point at
•id he, "lime is precious'
THE GREAT ERUPTION AT SA.N(4411,
. ---
eAttsit to toe Island 'Atter the Volcanic
Oatbaret in Jame east.
It was recently announced that a terrible
volcanie eruption had occurred on the island
a Sangir, north of Celebes, in the Malayan
archipelago, by which it was supposed that
hundreds of people had lost their lives. Mr.
George Ormsby, a magistrate in the British
North Borneo service, was at Mened.o, a
town of Celebes, at the tirne. The people
there knew that something terrible had oc-
curved north of them on June 7, ' but did
not know where the calamity had fallen.
Mr. Ortusby wept on board. the steamer
Ilekuba which proceeded north to learn
wbere the eruption had occurred. They
found the island of Sista covered with ashes,
bat were told that the eruption had oe- -
curred at Sangir, thirty miles further north
Then they went on to $itogir and found all
the western part of the island buried in
'
ashes and men engaged, in digging out the
houses at T. the western't f the
rem, e poi o e
island. The .cocoanut trees were all de-
stroyed and the people did not know when
Ormsby arrived how large the loss of life
was.
The vessel went along the west coast,
stopping at the villages and sending rice
ashore,as • le people were food.wl
Ormshy reports that many of the people
were frightfully burned and maimed. As
the vessel steamed up the coast it could see
the cocoanut trees with all their leaves
broken and hanging down and covered with
ashes even where the hills sheltered the
southern end of the island from the big
volcano to the north.
-
Tarona is separated from the volcano by
1 ft, t'NI 1 f l'f d ' ti
o y bus. o oss o 1 e occurred in the
t own, though it was nearly buried in ashes
and many of the nettle built at've li uees
- • - ' - : . n 1 - c) '
were crushed by the weight. Behind the
hills the visitors saw a nueiber of mud
streams composed of ashes and hot water
•
h • .'11
iat had issued from the crater. 7 hese
reamsowei o the sea, a o
streams had fl 1 t distancef
several miles, and had poured down the
mountain with great velocity, cutting in
'
some places channels gerstyste fl,, httorfeettegeeeth
in ti 0 so - i of the Plain. There were
principal mud rivers and a number of
smaller streams.
The party tried to walk through the
ngle n this plain, but it was impossible
jui
to make any progress, as the branches of
the trees and the undergrowth were all
broken down and covered with ashes, which
had been chan t d b ti • '
ged o mu y the lam.
They saw some natives who were endeavor-
ing to get inthe jungle to look for the
int
bodies of their friends. The whole place
smelled strongly of sulphur, - and between
,
the sun above and the steeming earth below
the exploring party were drenched with
perspiration. The volcano itself was writ.-
Pea m smoke.
The east side of the island was not visit-
ed, and it was here that the greatest loss
of life and destruction to property occurred.
The Dutch Comptroller told Mr. Ormsby
s"I'll
that they bad already recovered 300 bodies
and that it was impossible as yet to esti-
mate the toto.1 loss of life. On the east side
lava as well as mud overflowed from the
crater, and whole villages were buried. Of
forty men who went into the jungle from
Tarona just before the eruptiou. only one
got back alive. The eruption was distinct.
ly beard. at Sandakan, which is nearly 500
miles from Sangir. At last reports•vessels
had gone from the Philliiiine Islands' with
provisions and other supplies for the suf-
ferers.
A Modern htonto Oto,
A band of fabricators of false money
were arrested at Verona the other day. In
connection with them or surmised to be, is
,
a certain Basilic) Gievanardi, of whom the
Italian papers recount ex traordinary stories,
He is 33 years of age, and is very well
known in the provinces near Verona, and
hes been coneidered her the People there es
a sort of Count of Monte Cristo. His life,
in fact, seems to have been a mystery.
Nine years ago he was a poor workman in
a factory near Verona. One day, however,
he told his einployera that he would leave
them, as he also was going to do the Sienore
I -
(the gentleman). a fact he went away,
, and after a time was seen in Verona, well
spending money very freely, and
• +
throwing away 1,000-frauc "me& ate; stunt,
'"- . -
on the most %they. sitininement.s. Every one
began to re
,- v Oder where and how he had
to ouch good fortune, but no ono
-"ten ia
went in for horses and ofteu
could tell. Be ,
had as many as thirty of them at a time in
his stables. His rooms also were famished
in le maanificent metiner. He would, how;
ever, sell off occasionally his 'horses ancl fur-
niture, and. go off on long journeys, and al-
ways came back evidently richer than over.
His fingers were always covered with mag-
nge, an price.won
diamond. r'Ia Ire wore
less jewels on his persoa in the shape of
f' 1 • t: 0 dvh
sear ins watch a mins, .. c. no a e
P ' • -
returned to Verona with a case full of gold
Geneva watches. This was heard of by elie
P olice, and he was arrested on the accuse-
, - tion of smuggling,t but alramet immediately
d I
was bet on, as here was no proof, an le
showed a receipt which made it clear he had
bon ht the watches on his own account. In
a ,2g
shop at crone. e s. owec the proprietor,
V h ahowed
h he knew, 110 notes of 1 000 francs
w cnn ' 'cross
each, that he had in 'Ilene:thee Oa several
other occasions he was seen to light his cigars
. : The po tee hearing o
with . ran notes. .The
n 10 f cr f
all this, kept watch, and .he is now arrest-
od as having to do with the coivage of false
money.
Great excitement is being tat at Verona
about his arrest, and at the revelations with
re d to th• 11 k 1 t tl
gar is we - nown c lame er uttmay
he brought to light in the coming trial.
--."
"It's no joke, as m•rthree
"Really," i ...owns will find!"
Mend 4 tupted the doctor imps.-
would you not find the Wallop a
totter subject, than a physician? This is
not the age of miracles,"
"Bless my soul! do you mum to sat'
that I don't know I'm alive better than you
do? Perhaps you'll recognize me when I
tell you that .you sent me to eat water-
cresses at San Glove. Well, I ate them
-lots of them -and the more I ate, the
better I grew. It was a dull, miserable
place, there was nothing to do but eat
waternireases. I've been eating them for
years. And look at me now 1"
"Yes ; I did send that Signor Merrick to
eat water.cresses at San. Glove, tl 1 i
-la- -a
true. , But it was, only because he had to
die somewhere, and he might just as well
die there as here."
"Ab, you remember now 1 Yes, I eat,
I drink, I sleep; I make up for lost thne.
I've come to ask you to my wedding, to the
prettiest girl in Bari, who has been constant
to me all this while. I'm .going to reward
her with seven thousand sterling a year,
and with myself, which is better still, eh !
when I've turned into waste paper
my fool of a father's fool of a. will, rn play-
suck a practical joke on. those poor wretch-
es of relations; I'll have such a game with
them ; they'll grin on the wrong side of
their ugly faces till they starve in the work-
house -the curate, and the balf-pay cap-
UM, and the daily governess, and all—"
"Yes ; I remember you perfectly-now,"asked
said Dr. Cato, very quietly. But he was
not thinking of the curate, or of thecaptain,
or of the governess; he was not thinking
even of Irene or of what a brute she was
•
'going to marry. He was thinkingof those
water-crestes • he was wondering how
Signor Merrick had come back from death's
door. .
- "Why," thought he to himself, "within
that man's body must be hidden the whole
secret aconsumptione-ets cause,its history,
its cure. It was no mere chance coincidence,
then, which brought him arid me together."
A curious light gathered in those strange
eyes of his; but he felt strangely calmin the
presence ofsuch a wonder. "And -why,
he'll be outliving me? and I shall never
know! Signor,Permit me to examine you
just a moment more. .
"1 am interesting, then, after all?"
"So interesting that—"
It Was not a stetlinsnoPe whicri Dr. Cato
suddenly Presented at his Patient, and not
at the chest, but at the brain. One pistol-
shot, and Merrick lay at the doctor s feet
as dead as he ouolit, to have been years agoe
= .
. V.
"And now, signori," exclaimed Dr.
Guido Floriani, the young and rising ad-
vocate whom the prisoner at the bar had
summoned from Naples to defend him from
the charge of murder-" and now, signori,
I scorn to rept the ,defence of. our emtnent
fellow-ditizeit upon any common grounds. I
will not insult him, or science, or intelli-
gence bike yours, by suggesting that-heis
Insane. I call no witnesses; what could they
prove more than I can declare? You ask,
what was my client's motive for. that deed
of which he stands accused and which he
through me, scorns to deny? Was it greed.
of money ?-No ; by that .man's death 114
•forfeited a tee of fifty thousand lire, , as ,
it a .quarrel. What quarrel iheuld, there
be between patient and physician? Was it
Diettealoney ofteiVal lOvere ?NchIMyelient,
signori, has but one mistress, who sits far
above the volcanoes of life, cold and pure,
Ah ! we hate it now. Fot science' sake hetures:"
slew Alberto Merrick -nay, for philan-
thropy's sake, for the love of human -kind,
-of you, signori and of those who are dear-
.
er to you than your own lives, and of
In order tl a
generations • yet unborn. , e
i s
science might learn how and why Alberto
Merrick lived; it was needful that Alberti),
'Merrick should die. , Ah 'signori what is
' '
one life for the sake of 'countless millions?
Who would net die a martyr to humanity?
Consumption is a scoarge ; Alberth Merrick
hid its secret in his breast. Onlytby his
death could that secret of rnOrtality be re-
waled.' Signori -I do not appeal to you;on
my knees for mercy. I demand the triumph
of my client as a hero of Science who has
won the civic rrowii." ' • •
.. . , ., , ,.,
Extraordinarily Good Luo
It rarely happens that a bundle
notes accident,ally dropped in the i
mains for a matter of half an 1
crowded thoroughfare without
picking it up. Very luckily, hoW
a young man employed as a mess(
a firm of London brokers, this was
some time ago.
The young man was hurrying t
crowded street, when he let fall
of nbtes of the value of $45 000. :
.1
his way unaware of the hiet, ; but
hour later having discovered bis h
traced, his steps in a terribly exci
of mind, peering into every nook
'tier which seemed likely to !uth
tr
ing place. ' Precisely at the spot -1
valuable packet had fallemthere ti
apple stall. andoef theOwner of th
an old woman -.be inquired, in 01
.voice, whether she had seen anyth
losttreasure, .
Alucky chance hid guided hi
right person. She had noticed a 1
papers that fell close to her stall;
busily- ' d. t th t • '
engage a e moment in
her pineapple for sale; she had ki
parcel into the gutter. And, by g
in the gutter, .along with a qu
. street rubbish, the messenger f
precious parcel, which had lain •
e- crowd of edeetria
noticed by th . p
The Rabbit Plague. -
Queensland is dreading tbe invasion of
rabbits, which have worked so much havoe
in other Australian colonies and. have re-
cently become a scourge in some of 'the chief
wool -producing centres of New South Wales.
Border fences are being emoted, and Queens-
land newspapers contain minute instructioas
fot the destruction of the dreaded animals.
In the dry season tanks of poisoned water
are laid for the rabbits, and when they are
not likely to want water poisoned grain arid
sticks are freely distributed. A Brisbane
paper says that in New South. Wales mil-
lions of rabbits have been killed,- with
poisoned sticks, which are laid along the
banks of riversncreeks, lagoons and water-
holes. The twigs which rebbits most pre-
• fer are sandalwood .emu birth and turpen-
tine bush, aud ate out in, lengths of about
-12-4nches. Smoking out is sometilines a-
complished by means of bisulphide of car-
bon. . A pieee of. Wool pr clothe saturated
., .
with the carbon is inserted bath thetniouth
of one burrow, all the other burrows being
blocked. The piece of wool is then see on
re, the remaining burrowsin, an
fire, ' ' b filled ' d
the fumes penetrate 'throughout the work-
ings and suffocate all the rabbits that are in
„eeh .
""`"'
HOW A GREAT RACE HORSE
BREATHES.
--
A.Ir Supplied to his Lungs by means or an
• Artificial Tube.
Not many people who have seen tbe use-
ful sprinter Good Day perform over the
local tracks know that the pure free air is
drawn into his lungs through an artifiaial
tube in his throat. li,oyelly heed, _ Good
Day gave promise of groat thingstearly, but
an attack of lung fever made him a hopeless
roarer, and he fell into the hands of Ihr.
C. W. Crowley,. a St. Louis -veterinary sitett
geon and race horse owner, whose stable is
now racing at Hawthorne. Pr. Crowley
seemed to feel that 'Good Daytevae-not lost
to the turf and prepared to save him. In-
cisions were made into the throat and
trachealtube, and. the horsebegan tobreathe
freely and easily. Two crescent-shaped
tubes, scooped out like a shoehorn', were
fitted into each other in Buell a way that one
tubepasses into theupper part of the trachea,
while the other hangs into the lower
part. The parts of the Instrument that are
•
visible are the shank of the larger horn and
theflat, round disk a at the outer ends of
horns, snugly fitting against each other
so that they look like one disk, three inches
in diameter, with an aperture as big as a
nickel, through which the air is carried to
the lungs. Any one seeing Goo ttpaY in his
mad flight up the stretch would never know
but that he was as sound as the struggling
beasts ,behindshim." - • . • ..,
Dr. Crowley *anted to perform the same
operation on El Rio Rey. see few. years
beck, and could hate•eaved that grand horse
to the turf, but Theodore Winters Would
'
not allow in '
...............-..11....
.
Lions and Lavender Water.
•
A lany correspondent writes to the Daily
i
Telegraph stating that a recent attic e
in that journal on the influence of musics
upon certain animals reminded her of a visit
which she .paid, four or five years ago, to a
country menagerie. She was accompanied
by her brother, the late Rev. G. Wood who
wished to demonstrate to a party the effect
of scent upon' the brute .creation. "No
sooner," she states, " were we near the cages-
containing the lions and tigers than they got
restless and rubbed themselves againet the
bars, evidently recognising a friend in my
brother. They received his caresses with
muchpleasure, though apparently with the
expectation of something mote to come.
Upon his taking a sniall bottle from one
Pocket, and some , pieces of thick brown
.
. n-
Paper from another,. their eicttementi
creased. He poured a little lavender water
upon the paper, and,. calling each animal by
name, presented it upon e, stick to the
favored one, who, on taking it rubbed the
paper upon paws, cheeks, anti back, and in-
clulged in other antics, all expressive of ex-
treme delight. • When two animals were in
one cage, the favored possessor of the scent
,•
mould ale. downt upon the 'paper a.nd roll
over and over uponit to keep it from. itsdis-
appointed Mate. The strange part of ' the
.• ''
matter wasthat no other scent than laven-
water had any ,attraction for these .Crea-
'
Correcting the Teacher.
d "Come here,
Near-sightoTeacher: .
George ; I wish to examine you in punctua-
tion. What's that ?" (pointing to a comma.)
George: " That ? Why, that'ea comma."
Near-sighted Teacher: "Right, Now,
what's that?"
' George: " Alt ! now you've got me. I
don't know."
, Near-sighted Teacherfseverely): "George,
I do not wish you to uSe 'slang phrases
here. When you are unable to give correct
replies, say so. Now" (pointing to what he
supposed was a period), "what's that?"
George (carelessly): "1 don't know."
Near-sighted Teacher: "Dont know
what it is? Why, that's a period, you
numskull!" . . * • •
. George tlooking critically all the Point in
question): "Ab ! now I've got you. That
ain't e periocht it's only a fly -speck IP
...._____ t . ;
- Amon? the Poultry.
• • '''• ' • - •
' • ' • ' t '
Regularity in management is as impor-
tont as regularity in feeding; both are
necessary. •• • a , , •
With young pullets it is often a good
plan to lett them -sit a day or two before
Putting the eggs under them. . ,
A good farm -yard fowl must have stamina
and vigor, as it is supposed to pick up
. f. . _ . , .
good portion of. its hying. .
Whole straw is better than
. ' ' ' an hay as a nest
material, but either ope is preferable to that
., , .
is rutt through a cuttileg box.
his often the case that if the hens are
well fed daringthe epringan,they d summer t
• ' ' the season a
will moult early in , and make
NI inter le ers. ' .
goo d y
•
Th s o clan er of the chicks ci 1
There i n ' a eh' ,owc
• . ,,,
Leg on top of eacli other in the brooder it
ths teinpers,ture is kept even. ''',It is when
they get cold. that they, crowd. ---LSI. Louis
P. Win .
V.11 ..
The Loss Anchor Lmer Az
a The Times Calcutta correspoutf.
graphs: Some more accounts of 1
the steamer Anglia are published,
throw little freshlight on :the
There, hits heen.00naiderableodisem
whether grOater efforts mighionot
maole to sane the three men blip'
the forecastle. -The report of tin
inquiry, which has been ordered le
eminent, may clear up this point.
ent one can only judge from a i
somewhat confused and not aim
tent stories of , eye -witnesses. '
. least show that. captain, , oil
some men of the vessel, as well as.
crew of the Gose• remained on th
hulrfor severalhours till their om
.begaineone. of imminent .deogeri
appear to have lett nothing tint
!the iniperfeet means at their' dispe
tricate their unhappy shipmates. J
too that .there were, four men.in
castle when the Vetisel • capsize
them managed to force his way O
door,being a good swunrc
, and, • .
, under the wreck and was saved..
A .
• •
o ' , Cramp Colie.in , Animals.
' For cramp colic without 'swellin give
e t ' ' h 'Of 'laud g g
num and
on or wo •outmes east, e. , , . as , .
.srdphurio ether in one pint of linseei oil
• • t . • '
or water. Repeat in from 45 minutes to
one hour if pain is not relieved. '. Blankets
- he • ' - . . •• h - •
of ot water across the bowels help. If It
o arise eaten
is supposed t • from''something
• .• 6 f linseed ••.eder
.given pui o raw oil, or give nve
et seven o aloes , made into a,.
t dramsf' boll
,with flaxseed -meal, and molasses, placing it
well baelc on the tongue so that it will be
' ' 1 d ' ' • ' h 1
•surely swat owe . a If there is •mue awell-
tee give the aloes pill and add from two to
' - • ' • '
four minces Iti-darbonate of soda .or of pun
erize c arms, teneu ra me the acid whet,
V d 11 1 t Id . ' h
ee ' the gasrid blo t' e . A 11611
•-uses i•a• • ' sa' In-' °111117
'or ounce et spirits en turpentine may ee
•which
muce the an or o
d withturpentined 'I taffect
thekidneys. But this should not be re.
peatechOften. ' '
e
• Of No Use .Novi.
• '
It- ll• F cr k=Papa you.might as well
. e le- os le • / • • • •
take down the front gate and fence.
o• • • o
,osclick pere-Why, da.uehter, you al-
s h e objectedto their removal. . •
waY aV
Nellie Fosdick -Yes, but the city author-
't* h 1 1 t • I 1 t I lit '
i les ave hong , an e op no ig i ig,. in
o
front f the house. •
.
a Curious Disinfecting Licici
. . .
A citreous incident occurred at
cipal disinfecting establishment i
des Recollects, Paris. • 'Are old It
there in a state of the liveliest e
end stated that a inatteess wide:
forcibly taken from her for d
Y
contained a number of bonds es
he whole 'of, her eveal h She , N
.i t t - .
contented on being astenOti that
id he bondsid. is
mattress al 1, ,, w.ou, f ,
to her quite safely, anti. all . t rE
their f uroiga tion.
The Great Obstacle.,
Jack and I are to be mar-
Perclitae--Well J
, 0 ,
r ied at last, and we are so ha PPY. ,
ou end Jack have much
enelope-Bid y . . ,
t rouble getting your father's consent.? .
Perdita-No ; but papa and 1 had an ate.
f,Eilrii;ott,roahle ffetting Jack's consent:
' What JohnnY Will Be., -
. . .
, , Mr. tgowirtatch-Johnny, what • do youP
think' Ytte'll be When ,you're a man.? Johnny
-Why if You've any spunk I'll be Your
.-.t..„, -.. - .. , •• . ,..,. ' . -
- - - • -
sar uown,, ro er-m- aw.
,2•.•••.
o is the
Pearce
theme
alists iiz
Beaus
to the
pearing
touguots
nderfui
nd noblc
itested,
nger of
as over -
corded
O 13 Wfl.
sman oV
ill says ,
enerally
as Ondtt
ut if to
oisively
o battle
Torture
keli, the
warrInr,
, young
at that
t busily
ill and
r.
hardy
exit the
1 giving
young
one the
in, for -
Almost
ha tot -
but ape
on the
at gable.
oment,
were bet
r pulled
rhutnan
every -
making
onderful
en,wo,
ore torn
re add -
and the
control,
As his
he tatt-
iest to
Lo cheer. -
ter th.e
ht, Van
n like e
plishede
int both
ted hint
had un,
savior of
beseech -
that en-
d that is
ot been
estowal
onntries
their we-
e poblic
he &in -
the lass
t of the
come to
lives, is
al of the
o is fit?"
is broth-
otnevitle
ann nal
ly in re-
action of
se in ter -
eat jour -
of hank
treett re -
Our in t.
someonti
ver, for
nger for
the CUE
hrough a
t bundle
e went
half an.
ss he re-
ed state
and cor-
n hid -
here the
asa pine- .
same—
rembling
ing of his
m to the
undle of
ut being
tieing up
eked the
ood luck,
entity of
ound the
herh , un -
ns. '
lent tete-
he loss of
but they
disaster.
sion as to
have been
isoned hi
Court of
the Gov -
At press
umber of
ys consis-
thhese at
cers and
the imat's
e sinking
n position .
a,nd they
ied, with
sal, to ex••
t appears,
the fore.
d. Oneof
ut by the
er, dived
the vaunt -
n the Rue
dy called
xciternent,
I had heel!,
sinfectiom
nseituting.
ant away
both the
returned
batter or